"Why do you want to know this?" Seems to understand that "defense" is useless, the system began to "counterattack", "Why don't you test the ability given to you, doing whatever you want is the ultimate dream of all human beings, isn't it?"

"If you gain something, you must lose something." Lin Qiu sighed, "There is no such thing as a pie in the sky."

"Don't you think you are destined?"

Hearing this word, Lin Qiu couldn't help but burst out laughing, and asked curiously, "Did all your previous hosts think so?"

"Mostly." The system gave a vague answer, "After all, such things don't happen every day."

"It's not every day that people choke to death when eating, but I don't think anyone who chokes to death feels that they are destined." Lin Qiu said calmly, "Well, you can tell me the purpose of the creator , always let me have a rough reference.”

"The purpose is to help humanity."

"So your maker wasn't human?"

The system has probably gotten used to Lin Qiu's temptations, and cut to the chase: "Do you think humans can create me?"

"Impossible, after all, your existence is too unscientific." Lin Qiu felt that the system that no longer struggled was more pleasing to the eye, and joked, "Helping mankind enter a new era in the future?"

"No, help humanity not perish."

Lin Qiu frowned: "Will humans encounter any trouble?"

"That's right." The system said rigidly, "Humans will be wiped out because they can't provide more awakened ones for the creators."

Lin Qiu was speechless for a while before he said, "The creator probably didn't want you to tell the real purpose just like that?"

"This is a contradictory order. I must cooperate with you to try my best to cultivate more awakened people. At the same time, I should not tell the real purpose. At this time, cooperating with you has received a higher priority."

"Why?" Lin Qiu felt very baffled, "Isn't it more important to hide the purpose? Knowing the purpose, why would I do this thing?"

The system seemed to have finally found an opportunity, and retorted: "First, so what if you know the purpose? What can you do? Second, if you don't help me, don't help me. Anyway, I will find someone else after you die. .Even if you die at a hundred years old, to me it is nothing more than a passing moment, not to mention that there are many other accidental ways for human beings to die, maybe you will die tomorrow?"

Lin Qiu thought for a while, and said: "If your goal is achieved, that is, if there is an awakened person, your maker will come to the earth to harvest?"

"They came."

Lin Qiu frowned: "Has a host achieved your goal before?"

"Yes." The system seemed to let go, and said in a straightforward manner, "The creator has harvested a large number of awakened ones, and is very satisfied."

"How big is the mass?" Lin Qiu couldn't believe it, "I've never heard of a large number of humans disappearing."

"My last successful host was named Adolf Hitler."

Lin Qiu almost didn't choke on his saliva, and he laughed after a while: "You mean my ultimate goal is to start World War III?"

"War is just a means, not an end." The system showed a trace of lifeless indifference, "The manufacturer is very satisfied with the quantity harvested last time."

Lin Qiu frowned: "Are all the soldiers in World War II awakened?"

"The total number of casualties in World War II was 1.9 million, and it would be a good result if only one in ten million was an awakened person." The system continued, "There are some heroes in human history. They are always different from ordinary people, or have Don't you find it incomprehensible for such an unbelievable feat?"

"Don't be ridiculous!" Lin Qiu said angrily, "Even if what you said is true, what good will it do me to start World War III? Go crazy!"

"It doesn't necessarily need a world war. It used to be just because war can best stimulate human potential. What is more exciting than life and death? If you can find other ways to discover the awakened, the creators will not care." The system said, "Besides, it's not that you have others. The difference is, which side do you want to be? The winning side or the losing side? My host range is all human beings, not just Chinese people."

Even though the weather hadn't completely cooled down, Lin Qiu, who was sitting at home with the windows closed, still shivered unconsciously.He is just a small person and has no way of distinguishing the authenticity of the system, but the information is still extremely scary to think about.

Lin Qiu is not an impulsive person. What the system revealed made him a little annoyed, but he was not ready to do anything immediately. However, no matter how much he asked, the system said that this was all he could reveal. If he still If you decide to do nothing, the system can only continue to wait for the opportunity.

Now it seems that the system can't control Lin Qiu's body, and it can't even affect him in reality, which makes him feel strange, if the system can give him such a powerful power-although it's a bit tasteless, there is no doubt that this is a human being. There was simply no way to do it - so why not force him or someone else to do something about it?

More than half a century has passed since the Second World War, and no human beings of that scale have died so far. It seems that the system cannot achieve its goals alone, and can only rely on human beings?

Lin Qiu thought for a long time but still had no idea, until a gossip caught his attention.

Since entering the information age, all kinds of news are flying all over the sky. People who often surf the Internet have also developed a pair of eyes and ears to distinguish true from false, and most of them ignore those mysterious news.After getting in touch with the system, Lin Qiu unconsciously began to pay attention to these fake-sounding things.

This is a post asking about the surrounding environment of the house, and there is such a reply at the bottom:

"There is an unclean Internet cafe nearby, don't buy it, who knows if there is something wrong with this house!"

"Is the Internet cafe okay? It's not that there is a problem with the house itself."

"This Internet cafe is not simply unclean, there are people missing all the time!"

"Is this still open?"

"It's closed early! The location of this place is really good. You can see that there are shops all around, but this one is empty."

"Didn't the police come?"

"Come here! But nothing came out of the investigation!"

"I've never heard of it. Damn, I live in this community! What the hell is it?"

"It's not a ghost. Anyway, I've never seen a ghost before. It's just a strange place."

Housing prices have risen, and Lin Qiu is thinking about changing houses, so he often visits local real estate forums and sees news about ghost houses from time to time, but this is the first time such vague news.Because of the system, he unconsciously began to consider whether he was an awakened person.

"Are there still awakened people on Earth?" Lin Qiu asked tentatively.

"No." The system answered very simply.

"Then what the hell is going on?"

"How do I know? How can you be sure it's a ghost? Did you see it with your own eyes?"

Lin Qiu thought about it, and it was true, so he decided to take a look with his own eyes. Anyway, the business has been handed over, and there is nothing wrong with it for the time being.He went out and rode his bicycle to the subway—this was one of the reasons why he wanted to change his apartment. It was too inconvenient not to rely on the subway station—the Internet cafe was not far from his home, and it was only three subway stops away.

After getting off the bus, the area is still very busy. The more you walk towards the Internet cafe, the cleaner it becomes. When you reach the street where the Internet cafe is located, it is already an alley. There is a row of shops along the street, and there is a stationery store on both sides of the Internet cafe. The fried skewers seem to be doing business in a nearby elementary school.

The signboard of the Internet cafe has been dilapidated, only the three words "Sky Internet Cafe" are left, and what is behind the word "Tian" is completely indistinguishable. The shutter door is pulled, and the subletting advertisements pasted on it are all yellowed with curled edges, and only the phone number is left. Still barely able to see clearly.

When Lin Qiu was dialing the number word by word in front of the subletting advertisement, a middle-aged man came out from the stationery store, his face was oily and flushed, he looked like he had drunk alcohol, and said loudly: "Do you want to rent a shop? Ah? Let me tell you, this shop is haunted and cannot be rented!"

Lin Qiu stopped dialing, looked at the owner of the stationery store and said, "Boss knows?"

"Who doesn't know?" The owner of the stationery store looked indifferent, "Everyone in this street knows that three elementary school students disappeared in his store, and the police have even come!"

"Have you found it?" Lin Qiu asked.

"How can I get it back! Can I still open his shop after I get it back?" The owner of the stationery store snorted gloatingly, "Let me tell you, his shop is not good. If you want to rent it, you can rent it from me." On the other side, he will pay for what he rents!"

Lin Qiu couldn't help being a little funny: "Boss, do you want to sublet?"

"Turn! Do you want to rent?"

"If your business is doing well, why sublet it?"

The owner of the stationery store rolled his eyes and said, "I want to go back to my hometown. My daughter-in-law has a baby, and I want to go back and take care of my grandson! My shop makes a lot of money. If you want to take over Internet cafes, you have to deal with so many computers. If you open an Internet cafe, there is an elementary school in front of it, so don’t try to keep it open! People will report it every three days, and it won’t work! The most important thing is that it’s haunted at night!”

Lin Qiu still felt the threat from the stationery shop owner's words, but he didn't come to rent the shop, so naturally he didn't care. After a few words, he walked away and dialed the phone number left by the owner of the Internet cafe.

The man who answered the phone had a hoarse voice, with a feeling of not waking up: "Who is it?"

"Hello, I saw the subletting advertisement of the Internet cafe..."

Before Lin Qiu finished speaking, a male voice called out, "Have you visited the Internet cafe?"

"Uh, I went to..."

"Did you see the boss next door?" Before Lin Qiu could answer, the male voice yelled self-consciously, "I tell you, that idiot is talking nonsense, don't believe it!"

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